She added, "I think we have all this mentality that we have to remain Boston Strong, and most times we feel pretty Boston Strong. But there are days when I don't feel strong at all, and I'm scared to death."

Rebekah was recently married to Pete DiMartino, who was with her when the bombs exploded on April 15 last year, killing three people and injuring 264 others, most of whom were bystanders. She has been through 16 major surgeries and is expecting to amputate her leg within the next few months.

Mashable visited the couple in their home in Katy, Texas to learn how their lives were affected by the Boston bombings. Watch their full story in the documentary above.

"I feel sorry for the bomber... He made a very serious mistake that day," said Rebekah's mother, Tina Gregory.

"One day, I was searching for something online and this thing popped up, that he talked to his mother. What he said to her was that he was fine, and that he was eating chicken and rice," Gregory said. "I just wanted to go through that computer and just choke him and say, 'Chicken and rice, really? Bread and water, that's what you need.'"

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